Got a Cat, then a Kitten

A couple of weeks ago, a co-worker was trying to find a new home for 1 of her cats. She was moving and couldn't take the cats with her. Her mom could take only 1....so I volunteered to take the other. She's very sweet...normally....
Then, my daughter's friend had a cat with kittens that they needed to find homes for. She begged me to go see them...so we went last night, and came home with another CAT..well, actually a 6 week old kitten. She is so adorable..cuddly and playful, sometimes at the same time!
Anyway the first cat, Bella, is a bit out of sorts with us for getting a kitten....not sure why as she came from a home with more than 1 cat...but when the kitten, Pepper gets too close, she hisses and then runs away. Or if the kitten isn't paying attention, she "stalks" the kitten...until she is noticed.
But isn't this just the cutest picture...having a kitten is going to be fun...and I'll have some new pictures to scrap....which I haven't been doing enough of lately....I do have pictures, just haven't been inspired...now, that is changing!

Looking for ideas-gifts for goodies bags

OK, next month I am going to a scrap retreat, and I've been trying to come up with some ideas as I signed up to participate in the goodie bags. There are 32 people participating...I was thinking about doing ribbon as I have tons of it...my mom makes fabulous cut and pierced lampshades, and they are trimmed with ribbon. As she gets her ribbon wholesale and in bulk, I get lots of ribbon from her....especially if it's something they no longer use....

Anyway, was trying to think of some why to package the ribbon to go into the goodie bags, and to also include one of my CTMH business cards...so if anyone has a good idea...I would appreciate it.

Hartford CK Convention

I went to the Hartford CT CKC convention yesterday. Mostly just as an excuse to get together with my Friend Tracey whom I haven't seen in over a year. I went with a purpose in mind...to check out Nestibilities dies and see if I could use them in my sizzix...which I can, but I ended up buying the new Big Shot machine as I couldn't find the correct adaptor for my machine, and my machine can't use all the new big dies...so many possibilities! Then I went a bought a couple of clearance Nestibilities and I bought a Quick Cuts die too as it was also on sale...I thought it was pretty cool that one machine could use the dies and embossing folders of so many other products. Can't wait to play with it later today...

Penguins

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